Woman miscarries outside Lal Ded hospital on the Road side, Official's order Probe into incident

Nishwan Rasool:-
After continuous allegations of mismanagement and malfunctioning, the Valley's lone maternity hospital is in news again for wrong reasons. A woman suffered miscarriage due to the alleged highhandedness security staff at the hospital here on Tuesday.

Saleema Bano, 30, wife of Din Mohammad Khatana of Kuligam Kupwara suffered a miscarriage outside the maternity hospital after the security staff didn’t allow the ambulance carrying Saleema and her family to proceed beyond the main gate, sources said.

“An ambulance (JKO1F- 0008) approached the main gate of the hospital around 10:45 this morning, but the security staff didn’t allow it to pass through. The woman was held up for 20 minutes and, as a result, she suffered miscarriage outside the hospital,” sources said, adding that hundreds of people joined the family in their protest against the hospital administration.

Saleema had been referred to the Lal Ded hospital from SMHS hospital.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mukhtar- ul- Aziz reached the spot and pacified the protesters with an assurance that a through probe will be conducted into the incident.

“According to doctors the fetus had already died in the womb. However, investigations have been initiated into the incident,” he said.
Later on authorities at Kashmir’s lone maternity hospital Lal Ded on Thursday ordered probe into the alleged highhandedness by the security staff that led to the miscarriage of a woman.

“This is the first unfortunate incident that occurred in the hospital. We have ordered an enquiry in this incident. The persons found guilty, will be taken to task,” Medical Superintendent, Mohammad Shafi Shah told this correspondent